You can take a 20-minute break after 90 minutes of deep work. Looking at things at close range like using the computer screen causes eye strain. Look outside the window or step outside and look at the horizon. Panoramic vision and looking at distant objects exercise your eyes. Eat a healthy meal loaded with plenty of deep green veggies, and good fats, and stay hydrated. Thanks Doc Allen!
My opthalmologist, a surgeon and M.D. with lots of plaques up on his walls, hasn't helped me half as much as this man's RUclips channel. Thank you so much.
What I always take away from you, is how you are a human being first and a Doctor second. You are a rare breed!!! Your patients have no idea how fortunate they are. Thank you!!!!
I appreciate that you talk so often about how mental health, stress, etc. can impact our physical health. Also, this explains why I had a persistent eye twitch during grad school 😂
I am definitely facing some difficulties in life. One of them is eye and vision problems. Dry eye, map dot, floaters, and even a torn retina over the past 18 months. There is no waking moment that I’m not aware of eye irritation, inflammation, pain, and poor vision. Thanks for your perspective, and giving me some things to consider.
I'm crying 😭 I had many problems with my eyesight from January 1, dry eyes, Floaters, transparents spots around my visual field, tinnitus, my doctor told me everything was really good my eyes,( I had to stop using my phone too much), and everything u said in this video is true, stress and anxiety was killing me from inside😭! I always thought I was tough, but after make meditation, accept myself, my symptoms are getting better after almost 1 month😥! I guess I'm too weak! I don't have nobody here where I live to talk!
I worked at a toxic workplace and at the time said yes to everything. I was very close to having a burn out. Then I had a retinal tear and pvd I believe it was 100% related to my work. Quit my job at that place and my eyes are doing much better now. Nothing is worth damaging your eyes for! Learned it the hard way.
thank you for making this video! honestly helped give me some more peace of mind when I'm starting to experience any eye-related issues related to anxiety. I also have severe dry eyes and floaters that give me so much anxiety but didn't realize I'm probably making it worse by hyper-fixating on it! Our brain really is so powerful it's crazy how anxiety and depression can manifest into so many different physical symptoms
I find part no.5 - makes symptoms worse - (as well as the last part - the quick tips) the most interesting because it relates directly to what I've been having - eye floaters. I can get anxious easily if I hyper-fixate on them. But like you said, as soon as I relax and stop thinking about them (by finding something else to distract me and keep me occupied), everything gets better. However, other parts are interesting and informative as well. Thank you so much, Dr. Allen!
as someone dealing with dry eye due to a major change in hormones after switching birth control methods to manage my PCOS (went from super elevated testosterone to super lowered in a matter of weeks + re-introduced estrogen and a new progesterone at the same time), watching this video and seeing how my eye strain from dry eye gets better after doing deep breathing, meditation, and yoga helps me rationalize what i'm feeling so much better. it's comforting to know that while my dry eye is annoying, frustrating, and will take a while to figure out what works best to manage my symptoms, it's not the end of the world, and continuing to lower my cortisol levels will most likely help my symptoms and have long lasting benefits for the rest of my body. thank you so much for making these videos!! you've helped me find a community of people going through dry eye issues and have helped better inform me so i can continue to work with my eye doctor to figure out what works best for me. i appreciate you lots!
0:49: 😫 Stress and anxiety can cause eye health and vision problems, including eyelid twitches. 2:58: 👁 Stress can cause a condition called Central Serous Retinopathy, which forms a blister of fluid in the back of the eye, leading to blurred vision. 6:00: 😮 Patients with emotional stress or anxiety may experience temporary improvement in their vision. 9:06: ! Eye floaters may not be as bad as they seem and could be exacerbated by anxiety. 11:59: ! The speaker discusses the importance of giving oneself permission to relax and suggests meditation and journaling as helpful practices. Recap by Tammy AI
Thank you for being here. You are a beacon of eye information. I am starting glaucoma drops but have good eye pressure. The optic nerve is thinning anyway. I have suffered terrible anxiety over the last 13 years, after deaths in my family and my daughters kidney transplant. The panic attacks and anxiety I feel most days could be causing the gradual thinning and lack of blood flow to my optic nerve. I had no idea. My nervous system has been jacked up for so long. Seeing this video and reading about it, I seriously see that I can no longer live with this stress and must make changes for my eye health!
At the most stressful point in my life I developed eye floaters and extreme dry eye. It's like your bodies way of saying ' this isn't good you need change immediately '.
@@DoctorEyeHealth maybe it's time to travel Dr Allen! Lower those cortisol levels lol I worked in a hospital all through covid so I'm fairly sure it was the closed spaces then going home into a secondary closed space x the stress factor - I wasn't looking at anything far away for a year. I even developed eczema also in this time. I did start mega dosing on vitamin A recently which has helped my dry eye tremendously - thank you research gate!
I just came back from an eye examination, I was hoping that I could find out that I can be a candidate for Laser eye surgury but the doctor told me I have really out-of-shape cornea and Laser eye surgery is not an option ( I have -5 d astigmatism).This video comforted me with the extra stress and anxiety I am experiencing after seeing the doctor. Thank you.
This is such a sweet and helpful video! Thank you, Eye Doc! I have been having the worst year of my life with a seriously ill husband, struggling with dementia amongst other ailments. My “good” eye (the other has an Epiretinal membrane)has dramatically declined and the vision tires quickly and becomes fuzzy. Screens, which are essential now, and dry eyes/sinus troubles don’t help. I would love to take a long time out of all this and get my eyesight back. I think long hot showers and giving myself permission to have a break and to get out for walk now and then sound like a good idea! Thanks again. (Oh, I find Tonic water reduces my migraines slightly - so it does have some value!).
I'm glad you are talking about this, I found it all interesting. My drs have told me my eyes are in great shape and everything will be ok. It's been a crazy year and a half for me but my issue is I can't stop thinking about the vision issues which I know is caused from the anxiety, blessings to all.
I love the way you share information, calm and supportive, but energetic and interesting at the same time! Thank you for addressing how significantly stress can impact physical health. I recently changed jobs due to unbearable levels of stress, but I didn’t realize how much it was affecting my body until after changing jobs when my hair started becoming less gray and growing back in where I had started getting bald patches.
Thank you for bringing awareness to Functional Bilndness/ FND I have this condition and I feel like it's not really well understood. I also wanted to thank you for the way you handled the patient in the video it's refreshing to see a provider take the time to talk to their patients and not brush it off as nothing.
I've had blurred vision floaters eye twitches and light sensitivity for a year and a half after a massive anxiety attacks. All my eye test are normal so I'm hopeful for my vision getting better.
Same happened with me. I also developed astigmatism after a traumatic event, which gave me extreme amount of stress. After 1 year, I am trying to move on. But I still have some vision problems such as mild afterimage, glare and vision ghosting. These symptoms are improving as I am reducing my stress level. Glare and ghosting vision solved immediately after I started wearing glasses for astigmatism. Only mild afterimage remaining.
You are not only a brilliant young man you are also a beautiful human being with true empathy !! We need more doctors like you in this world ! Thank you !!🙏🥰
I'm not a university student but I'm a university professor and I think their stress has been rubbing off on me: I've had a twitchy eye for weeks now! This has never happened to me before and it's frustrating that "stress" is such a vague diagnosis. But your suggestions help. Thank you!
Hey thanks for mentioning this! Of course the students are not the only ones stressing out! I have a few friends who teach and I can't imagine writing exams or grading papers all the time. Also I imagine you want all your students to succeed and that can be a challenge! I am a adjunct clinical professor and i guess I sometimes give out homework, but the most stressed I get from working with the students is when we have a very difficult case and I am running behind.
Turning off the tv, particularly the news, is a great way for me to reduce my stress. A little news goes a long way while the repetition drives me up the wall. Nice suggestions regarding stress and your personal experiences add authenticity.
My like takes it to 1.8k You are very good person talking about people stress, anxiety and get little personal with patients give them relaxed and fresh feeling releasing some stress levels Sharing is Caring
I really appreciated your video! I'm under a lot of stress. I noticed my vision is worse. Thank you for your help. You gave me hope. I'm trying hard to find ways to relax, to stop negative thoughts. 👍
This is a great video! I love your honesty as well as the helpful content. I've had severe anxiety for years and randomly seem to have glaucoma, or at least elevated eye pressure that is being investigated. This is ironically adding to my anxiety, but your empathy and information are gold, so thanks!
I had a detaching vitreous humor due to stress ophthalmologist said. Wow!! Have to hv it checked at least once a year. It kicks up under stress & see large floaters. Dr said it could cause the retina to detach. Very scary situation.
Oh wow! I have never heard of stress causing a vitreous detachment or a retinal detach. I have heard that physical stress like giving birth has been reported in some few cases.
Was diagnosed with CSR yesterday. Eye doctor mentioned stress, which I quickly caught on to. It does affect the perception of my symptoms, but sounds like I should recover over the next four months. Very scary experience, and I aim to use this as a life lesson.
OMG! It has a name! I have anisometropia, so when I get tired my eyes just .... quit. For extra fun, this is often paired with an ocular migraine. Functional blindness! Thanks!
Anisometropia is a challenge! Thank goodness it is not Antimetropia (where one eye is + and the other negative) as it can cause glasses to give a magnification/minification distortion. I do not envy your ocular migraine.
Could you do a video on how best to manage the challenges of antimetropia please? I'm -7 in one eye, and +2 in the other. Is it possible to get glasses that don't have a minification/magnification effect? I also have an alternating strabismus, and if I switch eyes when I'm walking down steps, it feels like I'm falling, because the ground suddenly looks a lot closer.
@@madeyemoody8060 oh, you should watch me get on an escalator! I describe it as: one eye is playing a contemplative strategy game, and the other is playing drunk rugby. I'm +0.25/-4, so if both eyes are contributing I will close my right eye to read and my left to do distance stuff. Usually the brain suppresses the information from one eye, and usually the "worse" eye (but not me; where would be the fun in that, right?). But it sounds like your strabismus is coming to the game, too, so not only does your poor brain need to fuse two radically different sized images but do it while the world shakes! As for putting that in glasses, highest possible index. Small, round frames. And if you ever go to Korea: get some glasses! They don't have the "American carelessness" to factor into their standards and can make some paper thin lenses, which can help. But as for "managing" this circus: plenty of good quality sleep, plenty of hydration. And don't let people throw things at you.
@@fizzgiginu Strangely, I'm OK on escalators. Mainly because they're narrow, and it's considered normal to cling on to the handrail. And I don't need to look down so much, because they are one-way only, so I don't have to worry about people coming up in the other direction to trip me up. My brain doesn’t try to fuse the images though - that is where the strabismus and amblyopia are quite helpful. But there are situations where my amblyopic eye is actually the better eye, and stairs is one of them. So the part of my brain which decides which eye to use will switch eyes without consulting the part of my brain which receives the image, and hey presto, I'm the equivalent of 9 diopters closer to the ground. Meanwhile, my ears are telling me that I've not moved. Very disorienting. High index lenses and small frames don't eliminate the image size difference though (although they probably reduce the severity). And there's still a fishbowl effect. Oh and one eye is -4 of astigmatism too. So there's a lot of peripheral distortion, plus my stronger eye is too short sighted to see my feet unless I am staring straight down, because of the poor vision around the edges of the frame. All in all, the world can look very confusing from my perspective.
Twice in the past 15 years ,my husband had a ocular migraine , both times at work. He just couldn't see anything. It just happened, no headach either time. Before or after. Nothing since. Stress probably.
Taking care of my mother who had an ICH left side. My sister and I take care of her 24/7. Can''t find time to destress. My vision is so poor at times, floaters bug the hell out of me. Really enjoy your videos.
So sorry to hear that about your mother. You and your sister are awesome for taking care of her. Taking care of a loved one is hard. How long has that been going on?
Thank you! You have a gift for explaining things of the eyes. You were such a blessing to me and my family when my son was diagnosed with keratoconus. Keep it going, I very much look forward to your videos.
Firstly, your videos are the best ever so never question whether they are good enough!!! It is truly unbelievable how relevant your videos are to me... I am always questioning about my vision and this video reduced my stress to zero and I thank you for that...I have dry eye and now I am certain my visual complaints are associated with stress as my ophthalmologist keeps telling me my eyes are perfect. My favorite parts of the video though were how your genuinity shined through. Above all, you truly care about your patients (and your youtube patients!) and that is rare💛
I’ve believed since I entered adolescent hood that a combination of chronic stress & moderate-to-high anxiety can damage/disorder essentially EVERY part & function of the human body. 😣
i was suffering from ambilopia, i thought i lost my eye, and doctor were like your eye is normal. But today i got the real reason Iwas also aware of the stress level but never thought that this can damage the eye. Thanks i was suffering from it from last 12 years . now i can work on problem.
Stress has definitely been a factor in my glaucoma. I booked a cruise shortly before the date of departure I was informed that I needed a visa, in attempting to get the visa the country had not issued procedures. When procedures were in place I only had two weeks to get one. The stress levels I experienced caused my eye pressures to go go into the 30’s!
@@DoctorEyeHealth Reply, my doctor immediately administered drops dorzolamideltimolol , I waited in his office for 15 minutes and the pressure went down from 36 to 24, he then sent me home to continue the drops and come back in two days l The pressures were then about 20. The cruise went into the Amazon, it was very hot there, the ship, service,food was great 😊..
Dr. Allen, thank you for this video explaining how stress can be the main cause of vison and that we got to let ourselves have a break etc. I Had mention those exact words on saying "That its okay to talk to someone and how you are feeling." I think that's such a great word advice to myself. Its nice to hear that from someone that actually loves & cares for peoples vision & is willing to hear any of us comments and feedback. Thank you for these different topics explaining different areas of the eye etc. With the way you present these to your audience, it grabs my attention pretty quickly and they are never boring. Never doubt your videos Dr. Allen, they are very educational, fun, organized, well spoken who knows the medical study about the human vison and the back history behind the eyes.🧠😃
I wish you could be my eye doctor! I love that you bring up your own experiences with stress and you don’t pretend to know everything which a lot of doctors tend to do. For stress I drink herbal tea, sometimes a tea with ashwaganda. I also find that exercise really helps to clear my mind and relax my body, along with long showers too. I’ve definitely found that journaling helps and eating a lot of foods high in magnesium too. It’s funny I’ve also been using insight timer for quite a few years now. I think I downloaded it after my first child was born and I was incredibly stressed out, and barely sleeping.
Thanks doc.. maybe, this is what happening to me lately.. i’ve seen several eye doctors.. done several eye test… all of them told me that my eyes are ok.. vision still 20/20… and no problem with my eyes…😊
Hi Doctor. I wish you were in my area so I could sign up for your care! I lost my doctor several years ago and am reluctant to go to a big box eyeglass store. Your videos are top notch and well edited! Thank you!
I had a stroke in December, I’m sure stress has a lot to do with my vision field, I never really thought of it but I was told I am anxious person. I’m going to try the breathing and giving myself permission to recover. Maybe I will see a change
What vitamins do you recommend for eye Health. I was newly diagnosed with diabetes number to my A1c was 11.7 I now have it down to a 6.1 things are slowly improving Ironically I think I definitely had stress related vision issues, thank you for your Channel
Same, although I don’t get auras, but I do get migraines with stress. Recently I’ve been experiencing more cluster and tension migraines too from stress. My body keeps changing things up on me… it’s definitely telling me that I need to change something! 😥
Are you referring to tunnel vision?. If so it is a serious condition and you need to either medicate or meditate, but you need to control those migraine attacks from compressing your eye nerves. I’ve been there.
Pls look up “Vitrous ” Also if it’s migraines pls keep journal of mainstay foods you always eat. And the weather and season and time of month if you’re a woman. Triggers cause migraines. One trigger food you eat weekly just eliminate it for 3 weeks, see if you get better.
This video was great. Have you ever seen stress effect just one eye? My left eye is definitely different than my right eye. I think it's stress. Occupational stress since I'm an RN. I have an apt with an eye doctor next week and I will definitely ask about this! Thank you.
Thank you so much for this fantastic video. So informative and helpful, and your insights into ways to reduce anxiety are brilliant. That thing about giving yourself permission to relax is an interesting one. Never knew how much stress can affect eye health and vision.
I’ve also gone through a divorce in 2022 and it has been hanging over my head and I feel like it’s affecting me, including my eyes. It’s been worrying me
Really helpful. My first video that i watched on DokterEyeHealth and I am going to watch the others videos of the channel. I absolutely like very much that you say things of Docters who are unaware, diagnosis that struggle, ... I also like the self help tips. Normally i prefer shorter video's but this time I was stuck to the screen every second and it didnt even feel long. It's kinda cute how insecure you are about the channel, but I am sure everyone agrees that these are awesome. Thx a lot and sorry for my bad English, I learned English on my own in selfstudy but I still struggle
Dr i hve floaters, endophetic phenomenon, transparent things in my peripheral vision, center vision at night if thr is no light i cant see , those tv static all the time 😭 all those doctors say my eyesight is fine
Best video I've seen on RUclips in a very long time! Very informative! Tank you for being so sincere, and for taking the time to address how anxiety affects the eyes.
Thank you for this video. I woke up with blurry vision the other day and it was rather scary, but it left a I started walking around. I took my blood pressure and it was perfect but the only thing I could find that could cause this was a possible stroke although I had none of the other symptoms. I think after watching this, it may have been stress related since my work is commission based and it was the month. Thanks for explaining about how stress effects the eyes
I feel identified with Functional vision loss. I do use eyeglasses and had sudden vision changes. About 2 years forward. None of the professionals were able to prescribe me a stable prescription. I suffer of dry eye and stress may affect my vision as well. I did a lots of test with different ophthalmologist
My ocular presure changes up and down. Yes stress but allergy season my pressures seem higher. With Glocoma and cataracts I use 3 different eye drops a day. My dr wants to care for the cataracts. But I seem to see fine for now. Eye presure is 14 last time. My mother's ocular presure went down to no problem when my dad died. (99yr old).I now have a dementia, heart problem, kidneys, husband for the last 12 years. Very stressful life. I enjoy listening to your program.
Last time half of my right eye started to blur out like static on the corner and couldn’t see anything after a couple minutes all my eye was like a static tv screen. It lasted about 20 minutes. Horrible feeling
Can't believe this video timing. Thank you Doctor. I'm actually trying right now to find a real good Optomologist to find out why I had sudden blurry vision and now am better. I switched to "Ivizia" eye drops too, for my dry eyes, like one of your videos suggested. Much improvement there too. That ended my blurry eyes. But the most important thing you said, Doctor, was about how stress can affect the vision. I look back, and it was chronic. I'm better now, but since I can't see you, I still want to go see if eyes are disease free. I'm sure glad I subscribe to your videos!
I have Chronic CSR. 10 months in.. I don't drink alcohol or caffeine anymore, I sleep well, I'm not stressed, no steroids and it just won't clear up. It's a truly horrifying disease. Next time you feel stressed think.. what's the point?!
I've just been diagnosed with CSR after 4 years of anti-vegf eye injections (they thought I had wet AMD at first) They now cannot treat me at all. Thing is the injections stopped the metamorphopsia every time it occurred. Now I have to deal with it every waking moment. Faces are distorted and the edges of things wobble about and shift all the time. All straight lines are wiggly. All curves are flattened, depth and colour perception is off and I can't see in low light. I can't recognise some people, and reading is difficult, but they don't count it as a visual impairment! I don't know anyone else with CSR.
When I'm over stressed I can actually lose my eyesight no longer than 5 to 15 minutes. Sometimes it's one eye sometimes it's half and eye ...I've been to a specialist and they told me it was because of stress....sometimes it can be scary
This explains why I ended up with glasses. I’ve been stressed constantly for two years due to life issues and eventually my eyes just got so blurry to a extent I had to go to the opticians and funny enough I needed glasses 👓. Although really it isn’t funny. And I was in so much distress in the opticians just from my eye sight not functioning and believe me I tried fixing it but nothing worked.
Exactly, stress and anxiety is our daily culprit on vision loss and your tips on HOW TO manage stress and anxiety is very important & helpful! You are great and knowledgeable resourceful and friendly EYE Health 👁️ 👀 doctor 24/7. Thank you 👍👏🤓
I will often lie on my bed or floor and relax for about 10-15 minutes. I perform a body scan to determine where I feel tightness. Interestingly, even when my eyes are closed, I notice my eyes feel like I’m squinting. I then relax my eyes. I notice this feeling throughout the day. I don’t need glasses (just had an exam) so I think it’s due to stress. Thanks for all you do.
Wow this is great to hear! I do the same body scan technique when I do meditation (Sometimes I sit but I like to lie down). Relaxing the face is tough.
Thankyou exercise will help. I once lost my vision while speaking to a man and I had to check the book for his appointment but I couldn't see so I had to walk away from this situation and then returned so I could see the book more clearly. Embracing
I am jobless from the last many years and I remained very stressed.last year one day I felt that my vision is blurry and that time I was very stressed due to some reason then I visited a doctor and he recommended me +1.25 for far distance and + 3 for near . Before this I was only using+1.5 only for near. Can my vision recover able for distance number or not. My age is 48 now
Great video 💯,,,I'm a type 1 diabetic and had floaters all my life but have eye checks and always fine ,,,been really stressed and anxiety all my life also ,,,this has helped watching this ,thank you 🙏
You're a great educator! I work in ophthalmology and anytime I need to learn about something, I look you up 😊 Or anytime patients/staff are looking for educational resources, I give them this channel. Thank you!
Yes he is. I'm also an Optician and a fellow RUclipsr as well, 😊 looking forward to becoming an Optometrist one day, and I have been learning a lot from him. Thank you Dr. Allen.
I would love to see you make a video about seizures and blurred vision I had one while sleeping and right after my vision changed..> so now is 20/20 20/50-2 today. Do I have any hope's. I'm in my 40s. Yes stress it's a real road to failure on your life..Thanks alot Dr...👁
Yep, thanks for your tips, it is really that thing that I need to give myself a green light to have rest mentally. I think this applies to much of people as well. And shower, exactly same thing ;) Thanks again!
I definitely get the eye twitch once in awhile! The other day, I kept seeing a rainbow light out of the corner of my eye! I just recently had my eye's checked, too!
@@anivikapandey6694 I do! It's very bothersome. I also see them right when I wake up from any source of light. I have to blink multiple times for it to clear just enough to see. This sucks. I want it to just go away and stop.
I've had multiple cases of CSR, one under the macular has re-occurred several times, basically rendering that eye useless for reading. No cure, and the anxiety of getting another CSR builds to create a new CSR, it feeds of itself.
Thank you for being such a caring and decent person. But also for your excellent, informative videos - I've learnt so much. And your presentation style is so easy and approachable. Thanks for what you do and the help you provide.
I currently have cscr. I’m not particularly a A type personality, but I have had an enormous amount of stress in my life in the past couple years. I can say it isn’t fun: There is a general dimming in the central part of my vision where I can’t see details in dimmed rooms. There is also some distortion and what appears as a circular puddle in my vision. Going back to the ophthalmologist in a month to see if I’ll be needing laser treatment. Wish me luck.
Hi I have the same thing. My left eye since Oct 2021 my right since May 2022. My experience from this is dimming like I'm wearing sunglasses like you, straight lines also appear warped and squiggly and vision in general is blurry. Hope your experience isn't long and drawn out like mine and the retinal specialist chooses to treat you or it resolves on its own quickly. Best of luck on your journey!
@@majestueux yea, it sounds like we have similar symptoms. I’ve noticed my right eye acting up a bit lately, so I’m trying my best to keep the stress down as much as possible. It’s very tough! I hope you can get it resolved quickly! Best of luck!
Typically, CSR is watched for the first 3 months as it often resolves on its own. As Michael P mentioned, there are some publications suggesting high blood pressure medications, some topical nsaid medications and even oral melatonin can help. But ultimately if chronic, then retinal laser can be used. Either way, best to keep your upcoming appointment. Thinking of you and wish you the best.
Thanks a lot doctor. I really didn't know that stress can have effect on eye sight. And this is the first time I discovered that I have Type A personality. I am stressed out all the time for my academic reason. And recently I started to feel that my vision is that perfect though i have checked couple of months ago.
This was really interesting! I have CSR and it lead to me getting tested for autoimmune conditions. Turns out I have Lupus and a few weeks after starting treatment my eyesight cleared up in my affected eye.
What symptoms did you have with the CSR? I am having a hard time describing my symptoms. It looks like a migraine aura at times, my eye sees waves looking at patterns. Looking for answers. Thanks for sharing.
Doctor after i experienced a shock 2 years ago i was almost blind.tunnel vision ,couldnt understand depth,light intolerance.i was so frightened.after 22 eye doctors telling me i was fine.i spend 2 years seeing like that.almost loose my soul.how can i feel better?how can i do all these frighten symptoms go away?
Dealing with the loss of my son and 8 years of him in and out of rehab has taken a toll on my eyesight. I hate it. Stress, i have glaucoma and take 3 eye drops daily and eye floaters.
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What helps you manage stress and anxiety?
You can take a 20-minute break after 90 minutes of deep work. Looking at things at close range like using the computer screen causes eye strain. Look outside the window or step outside and look at the horizon. Panoramic vision and looking at distant objects exercise your eyes. Eat a healthy meal loaded with plenty of deep green veggies, and good fats, and stay hydrated. Thanks Doc Allen!
Hello doctor. I hope you are doing well. Please tell me if anxiety and stress can cause floaters in the eye?
Trust on God in difficult situations keeps me normal and makes me stress free.
Chilling with you like we did when we were kids
@@fauziasulaiman god is illusional
My opthalmologist, a surgeon and M.D. with lots of plaques up on his walls, hasn't helped me half as much as this man's RUclips channel. Thank you so much.
What I always take away from you, is how you are a human being first and a Doctor second. You are a rare breed!!! Your patients have no idea how fortunate they are. Thank you!!!!
Thank you so much. I'm glad that comes across in the videos too.
Hes an optometrist. You go to him for contacts. You don’t go to him for eye disorders.
Eye problems because of anxiety 🔄 Anxiety because of eye problems 😌
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Oh god i swear! 😂
😂 it's all connected.
Perfectly balanced...as everything should be
Stress def gave me eye floaters and visual snow now my stress is worst
I appreciate that you talk so often about how mental health, stress, etc. can impact our physical health.
Also, this explains why I had a persistent eye twitch during grad school 😂
Haha always a good idea :) Easier said than done!
I am definitely facing some difficulties in life. One of them is eye and vision problems. Dry eye, map dot, floaters, and even a torn retina over the past 18 months. There is no waking moment that I’m not aware of eye irritation, inflammation, pain, and poor vision. Thanks for your perspective, and giving me some things to consider.
Hey Wendy how are you
Did you get lasik?
Feel the sane, so miserable. I'm walking around with 1 eye shut most of the time
Read binocular vision disorder
I'm crying 😭 I had many problems with my eyesight from January 1, dry eyes, Floaters, transparents spots around my visual field, tinnitus, my doctor told me everything was really good my eyes,( I had to stop using my phone too much), and everything u said in this video is true, stress and anxiety was killing me from inside😭! I always thought I was tough, but after make meditation, accept myself, my symptoms are getting better after almost 1 month😥! I guess I'm too weak! I don't have nobody here where I live to talk!
Bud you have.saved me. I have same stuff you just described
We gonna get through this bro we gonna me it
This exactly what im feeling, sometimes i can’t concentrate even looking at my phone. Did ya ever feel pain behind the eyes and bending down
@@alexrosales3818 yes if u bend down hurts a little! How long have u been like that?
@@francisperez9205 about 2 months
I worked at a toxic workplace and at the time said yes to everything. I was very close to having a burn out. Then I had a retinal tear and pvd I believe it was 100% related to my work. Quit my job at that place and my eyes are doing much better now. Nothing is worth damaging your eyes for! Learned it the hard way.
Love the story of just talking to your patient and being an ear for her. Great job.
thank you for making this video! honestly helped give me some more peace of mind when I'm starting to experience any eye-related issues related to anxiety. I also have severe dry eyes and floaters that give me so much anxiety but didn't realize I'm probably making it worse by hyper-fixating on it! Our brain really is so powerful it's crazy how anxiety and depression can manifest into so many different physical symptoms
Hey thanks! Anxiety does always get the best of us for sure. The mind is so so powerful. Do you have any habits or activities that help you relax?
Have your experienced slight double vision due to stress ?
@@DoctorEyeHealth I started double vision, could it be caused by anxiety due to me been worried about my eye floaters and black spots?
Its scary man 😌 I've been facing few
I find part no.5 - makes symptoms worse - (as well as the last part - the quick tips) the most interesting because it relates directly to what I've been having - eye floaters. I can get anxious easily if I hyper-fixate on them. But like you said, as soon as I relax and stop thinking about them (by finding something else to distract me and keep me occupied), everything gets better. However, other parts are interesting and informative as well. Thank you so much, Dr. Allen!
Hey happy to help! I appreciate you watching the full video!
I would say the best part is your simple, informed, humanized approach that delivers a full package - thank you! 🧡
as someone dealing with dry eye due to a major change in hormones after switching birth control methods to manage my PCOS (went from super elevated testosterone to super lowered in a matter of weeks + re-introduced estrogen and a new progesterone at the same time), watching this video and seeing how my eye strain from dry eye gets better after doing deep breathing, meditation, and yoga helps me rationalize what i'm feeling so much better. it's comforting to know that while my dry eye is annoying, frustrating, and will take a while to figure out what works best to manage my symptoms, it's not the end of the world, and continuing to lower my cortisol levels will most likely help my symptoms and have long lasting benefits for the rest of my body.
thank you so much for making these videos!! you've helped me find a community of people going through dry eye issues and have helped better inform me so i can continue to work with my eye doctor to figure out what works best for me. i appreciate you lots!
0:49: 😫 Stress and anxiety can cause eye health and vision problems, including eyelid twitches.
2:58: 👁 Stress can cause a condition called Central Serous Retinopathy, which forms a blister of fluid in the back of the eye, leading to blurred vision.
6:00: 😮 Patients with emotional stress or anxiety may experience temporary improvement in their vision.
9:06: ! Eye floaters may not be as bad as they seem and could be exacerbated by anxiety.
11:59: ! The speaker discusses the importance of giving oneself permission to relax and suggests meditation and journaling as helpful practices.
Recap by Tammy AI
Thanks for the timestamp!
I know it does, especially at my middle age… when I get overwhelmed or stressed up, I notice my vision goes blurry. And worse cos I have dry eyes.
Thank you for being here. You are a beacon of eye information. I am starting glaucoma drops but have good eye pressure. The optic nerve is thinning anyway. I have suffered terrible anxiety over the last 13 years, after deaths in my family and my daughters kidney transplant. The panic attacks and anxiety I feel most days could be causing the gradual thinning and lack of blood flow to my optic nerve. I had no idea. My nervous system has been jacked up for so long. Seeing this video and reading about it, I seriously see that I can no longer live with this stress and must make changes for my eye health!
At the most stressful point in my life I developed eye floaters and extreme dry eye. It's like your bodies way of saying ' this isn't good you need change immediately '.
Yeah I feel my body kinda saying something similar right now (back and side pain)
@@DoctorEyeHealth maybe it's time to travel Dr Allen! Lower those cortisol levels lol I worked in a hospital all through covid so I'm fairly sure it was the closed spaces then going home into a secondary closed space x the stress factor - I wasn't looking at anything far away for a year. I even developed eczema also in this time. I did start mega dosing on vitamin A recently which has helped my dry eye tremendously - thank you research gate!
I just came back from an eye examination, I was hoping that I could find out that I can be a candidate for Laser eye surgury but the doctor told me I have really out-of-shape cornea and Laser eye surgery is not an option ( I have -5 d astigmatism).This video comforted me with the extra stress and anxiety I am experiencing after seeing the doctor. Thank you.
This is such a sweet and helpful video! Thank you, Eye Doc! I have been having the worst year of my life with a seriously ill husband, struggling with dementia amongst other ailments. My “good” eye (the other has an Epiretinal membrane)has dramatically declined and the vision tires quickly and becomes fuzzy. Screens, which are essential now, and dry eyes/sinus troubles don’t help. I would love to take a long time out of all this and get my eyesight back. I think long hot showers and giving myself permission to have a break and to get out for walk now and then sound like a good idea! Thanks again. (Oh, I find Tonic water reduces my migraines slightly - so it does have some value!).
I'm glad you are talking about this, I found it all interesting. My drs have told me my eyes are in great shape and everything will be ok. It's been a crazy year and a half for me but my issue is I can't stop thinking about the vision issues which I know is caused from the anxiety, blessings to all.
I love the way you share information, calm and supportive, but energetic and interesting at the same time!
Thank you for addressing how significantly stress can impact physical health. I recently changed jobs due to unbearable levels of stress, but I didn’t realize how much it was affecting my body until after changing jobs when my hair started becoming less gray and growing back in where I had started getting bald patches.
Oh wow! Thank you Morgan! Happy to hear things have improved for you!
The eye twitch for 3 weeks...Just finished a 5 month remodel. Floaters for years, honestly think due to dry eyes/allergies. Love your channel ❤️
Thank you for bringing awareness to Functional Bilndness/ FND I have this condition and I feel like it's not really well understood. I also wanted to thank you for the way you handled the patient in the video it's refreshing to see a provider take the time to talk to their patients and not brush it off as nothing.
I've had blurred vision floaters eye twitches and light sensitivity for a year and a half after a massive anxiety attacks. All my eye test are normal so I'm hopeful for my vision getting better.
How many floaters do you have?
Same happened with me. I also developed astigmatism after a traumatic event, which gave me extreme amount of stress. After 1 year, I am trying to move on. But I still have some vision problems such as mild afterimage, glare and vision ghosting. These symptoms are improving as I am reducing my stress level. Glare and ghosting vision solved immediately after I started wearing glasses for astigmatism. Only mild afterimage remaining.
You are not only a brilliant young man you are also a beautiful human being with true empathy !! We need more doctors like you in this world ! Thank you !!🙏🥰
I'm not a university student but I'm a university professor and I think their stress has been rubbing off on me: I've had a twitchy eye for weeks now! This has never happened to me before and it's frustrating that "stress" is such a vague diagnosis. But your suggestions help. Thank you!
Hey thanks for mentioning this! Of course the students are not the only ones stressing out! I have a few friends who teach and I can't imagine writing exams or grading papers all the time. Also I imagine you want all your students to succeed and that can be a challenge!
I am a adjunct clinical professor and i guess I sometimes give out homework, but the most stressed I get from working with the students is when we have a very difficult case and I am running behind.
This makes sense. After the last few years helping my spouse with a debilitating illness, my eyesight went from 15/20 to poor.
Sorry to hear that about your spouse. Hope things are on the mend for you and your loved ones.
@@DoctorEyeHealth thank you.
Turning off the tv, particularly the news, is a great way for me to reduce my stress. A little news goes a long way while the repetition drives me up the wall. Nice suggestions regarding stress and your personal experiences add authenticity.
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You are very good person talking about people stress, anxiety and get little personal with patients give them relaxed and fresh feeling releasing some stress levels
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I really appreciated your video! I'm under a lot of stress. I noticed my vision is worse.
Thank you for your help. You gave me hope.
I'm trying hard to find ways to relax, to stop negative thoughts.
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thank you for treating the anxious reasons with empathy and respect
This is a great video! I love your honesty as well as the helpful content. I've had severe anxiety for years and randomly seem to have glaucoma, or at least elevated eye pressure that is being investigated. This is ironically adding to my anxiety, but your empathy and information are gold, so thanks!
Did not know that stress alone caused all these eye symptoms. It all makes sense. Thank you 👍🏼
I had a detaching vitreous humor due to stress ophthalmologist said. Wow!! Have to hv it checked at least once a year. It kicks up under stress & see large floaters. Dr said it could cause the retina to detach. Very scary situation.
Oh wow! I have never heard of stress causing a vitreous detachment or a retinal detach. I have heard that physical stress like giving birth has been reported in some few cases.
Was diagnosed with CSR yesterday. Eye doctor mentioned stress, which I quickly caught on to. It does affect the perception of my symptoms, but sounds like I should recover over the next four months. Very scary experience, and I aim to use this as a life lesson.
Going from 20/60 to 20/20 is indeed a stress.
Refractive change, -0.75 Diopters to +0.5 Diopters.
Thanks for this review.
OMG! It has a name! I have anisometropia, so when I get tired my eyes just .... quit. For extra fun, this is often paired with an ocular migraine. Functional blindness! Thanks!
Anisometropia is a challenge! Thank goodness it is not Antimetropia (where one eye is + and the other negative) as it can cause glasses to give a magnification/minification distortion.
I do not envy your ocular migraine.
Could you do a video on how best to manage the challenges of antimetropia please? I'm -7 in one eye, and +2 in the other. Is it possible to get glasses that don't have a minification/magnification effect? I also have an alternating strabismus, and if I switch eyes when I'm walking down steps, it feels like I'm falling, because the ground suddenly looks a lot closer.
@@madeyemoody8060 oh, you should watch me get on an escalator! I describe it as: one eye is playing a contemplative strategy game, and the other is playing drunk rugby. I'm +0.25/-4, so if both eyes are contributing I will close my right eye to read and my left to do distance stuff. Usually the brain suppresses the information from one eye, and usually the "worse" eye (but not me; where would be the fun in that, right?). But it sounds like your strabismus is coming to the game, too, so not only does your poor brain need to fuse two radically different sized images but do it while the world shakes!
As for putting that in glasses, highest possible index. Small, round frames. And if you ever go to Korea: get some glasses! They don't have the "American carelessness" to factor into their standards and can make some paper thin lenses, which can help.
But as for "managing" this circus: plenty of good quality sleep, plenty of hydration. And don't let people throw things at you.
@@fizzgiginu Strangely, I'm OK on escalators. Mainly because they're narrow, and it's considered normal to cling on to the handrail. And I don't need to look down so much, because they are one-way only, so I don't have to worry about people coming up in the other direction to trip me up.
My brain doesn’t try to fuse the images though - that is where the strabismus and amblyopia are quite helpful. But there are situations where my amblyopic eye is actually the better eye, and stairs is one of them. So the part of my brain which decides which eye to use will switch eyes without consulting the part of my brain which receives the image, and hey presto, I'm the equivalent of 9 diopters closer to the ground. Meanwhile, my ears are telling me that I've not moved. Very disorienting.
High index lenses and small frames don't eliminate the image size difference though (although they probably reduce the severity). And there's still a fishbowl effect. Oh and one eye is -4 of astigmatism too. So there's a lot of peripheral distortion, plus my stronger eye is too short sighted to see my feet unless I am staring straight down, because of the poor vision around the edges of the frame.
All in all, the world can look very confusing from my perspective.
Twice in the past 15 years ,my husband had a ocular migraine , both times at work. He just couldn't see anything. It just happened, no headach either time. Before or after. Nothing since. Stress probably.
Taking care of my mother who had an ICH left side. My sister and I take care of her 24/7. Can''t find time to destress. My vision is so poor at times, floaters bug the hell out of me. Really enjoy your videos.
So sorry to hear that about your mother. You and your sister are awesome for taking care of her. Taking care of a loved one is hard. How long has that been going on?
Thank you! You have a gift for explaining things of the eyes. You were such a blessing to me and my family when my son was diagnosed with keratoconus. Keep it going, I very much look forward to your videos.
You are so welcome! Thank you! This made my day!
Firstly, your videos are the best ever so never question whether they are good enough!!! It is truly unbelievable how relevant your videos are to me... I am always questioning about my vision and this video reduced my stress to zero and I thank you for that...I have dry eye and now I am certain my visual complaints are associated with stress as my ophthalmologist keeps telling me my eyes are perfect.
My favorite parts of the video though were how your genuinity shined through. Above all, you truly care about your patients (and your youtube patients!) and that is rare💛
Hey Sophie am having a break down os your dry like ongoing mine has am panic is been since November 4 can u tell me of your experience
I’ve believed since I entered adolescent hood that a combination of chronic stress & moderate-to-high anxiety can damage/disorder essentially EVERY part & function of the human body. 😣
I think so too. Hope you are well.
i was suffering from ambilopia, i thought i lost my eye, and doctor were like your eye is normal. But today i got the real reason
Iwas also aware of the stress level but never thought that this can damage the eye. Thanks i was suffering from it from last 12 years . now i can work on problem.
Stress has definitely been a factor in my glaucoma. I booked a cruise shortly before the date of departure I was informed that I needed a visa, in attempting to get the visa the country had not issued procedures. When procedures were in place I only had two weeks to get one. The stress levels I experienced caused my eye pressures to go go into the 30’s!
Woah! Did the pressure go down afterwards? Hope the cruise was fun
@@DoctorEyeHealth Reply, my doctor immediately administered drops dorzolamideltimolol , I waited in his office for 15 minutes and the pressure went down from 36 to 24, he then sent me home to continue the drops and come back in two days l
The pressures were then about 20. The cruise went into the Amazon, it was very hot there, the ship, service,food was great 😊..
Dr. Allen, thank you for this video explaining how stress can be the main cause of vison and that we got to let ourselves have a break etc. I Had mention those exact words on saying "That its okay to talk to someone and how you are feeling." I think that's such a great word advice to myself. Its nice to hear that from someone that actually loves & cares for peoples vision & is willing to hear any of us comments and feedback. Thank you for these different topics explaining different areas of the eye etc. With the way you present these to your audience, it grabs my attention pretty quickly and they are never boring. Never doubt your videos Dr. Allen, they are very educational, fun, organized, well spoken who knows the medical study about the human vison and the back history behind the eyes.🧠😃
I wish you could be my eye doctor! I love that you bring up your own experiences with stress and you don’t pretend to know everything which a lot of doctors tend to do. For stress I drink herbal tea, sometimes a tea with ashwaganda. I also find that exercise really helps to clear my mind and relax my body, along with long showers too. I’ve definitely found that journaling helps and eating a lot of foods high in magnesium too. It’s funny I’ve also been using insight timer for quite a few years now. I think I downloaded it after my first child was born and I was incredibly stressed out, and barely sleeping.
Thanks doc.. maybe, this is what happening to me lately.. i’ve seen several eye doctors.. done several eye test… all of them told me that my eyes are ok.. vision still 20/20… and no problem with my eyes…😊
I watch a lot of videos on RUclips and this one stands out as one of the best I’ve seen this year. Thank you.
Wow, thank you! That really means so much.
i pray to god every night that we get a cure for eye floaters
Hi Doctor. I wish you were in my area so I could sign up for your care! I lost my doctor several years ago and am reluctant to go to a big box eyeglass store. Your videos are top notch and well edited! Thank you!
I had a stroke in December, I’m sure stress has a lot to do with my vision field, I never really thought of it but I was told I am anxious person. I’m going to try the breathing and giving myself permission to recover. Maybe I will see a change
Hoping for all the best for you Nikki!
What vitamins do you recommend for eye Health. I was newly diagnosed with diabetes number to my A1c was 11.7 I now have it down to a 6.1 things are slowly improving
Ironically I think I definitely had stress related vision issues, thank you for your Channel
I think my stress gives me migraine auras.
Same, although I don’t get auras, but I do get migraines with stress. Recently I’ve been experiencing more cluster and tension migraines too from stress. My body keeps changing things up on me… it’s definitely telling me that I need to change something! 😥
I am also suffering from migraine aura
And day by day it is worsening
Please give me your social media
So I can contact you
Are you referring to tunnel vision?. If so it is a serious condition and you need to either medicate or meditate, but you need to control those migraine attacks from compressing your eye nerves. I’ve been there.
Pls look up “Vitrous ”
Also if it’s migraines pls keep journal of mainstay foods you always eat. And the weather and season and time of month if you’re a woman. Triggers cause migraines. One trigger food you eat weekly just eliminate it for 3 weeks, see if you get better.
This one is exceptionally good 👍. It tells in details the havoc of stress and is extremely helpful. Much appreciated 🙏
Thanks! I appreciate the feedback
This video was great. Have you ever seen stress effect just one eye? My left eye is definitely different than my right eye. I think it's stress. Occupational stress since I'm an RN. I have an apt with an eye doctor next week and I will definitely ask about this! Thank you.
Yo if you want to share with me my right eye has bad vision just when i cover my left eye and it probably makes my vision cant focus
Thank you so much for this fantastic video. So informative and helpful, and your insights into ways to reduce anxiety are brilliant. That thing about giving yourself permission to relax is an interesting one. Never knew how much stress can affect eye health and vision.
I’ve also gone through a divorce in 2022 and it has been hanging over my head and I feel like it’s affecting me, including my eyes. It’s been worrying me
Really helpful. My first video that i watched on DokterEyeHealth and I am going to watch the others videos of the channel.
I absolutely like very much that you say things of Docters who are unaware, diagnosis that struggle, ... I also like the self help tips.
Normally i prefer shorter video's but this time I was stuck to the screen every second and it didnt even feel long. It's kinda cute how insecure you are about the channel, but I am sure everyone agrees that these are awesome.
Thx a lot and sorry for my bad English, I learned English on my own in selfstudy but I still struggle
Hey thank you! Glad to hear you are enjoying the videos! (Also I think your English is pretty good!) What is your primary language?
Dr i hve floaters, endophetic phenomenon, transparent things in my peripheral vision, center vision at night if thr is no light i cant see , those tv static all the time 😭 all those doctors say my eyesight is fine
Best video I've seen on RUclips in a very long time! Very informative! Tank you for being so sincere, and for taking the time to address how anxiety affects the eyes.
Thank you for this video. I woke up with blurry vision the other day and it was rather scary, but it left a I started walking around. I took my blood pressure and it was perfect but the only thing I could find that could cause this was a possible stroke although I had none of the other symptoms. I think after watching this, it may have been stress related since my work is commission based and it was the month. Thanks for explaining about how stress effects the eyes
I feel identified with Functional vision loss. I do use eyeglasses and had sudden vision changes. About 2 years forward. None of the professionals were able to prescribe me a stable prescription. I suffer of dry eye and stress may affect my vision as well. I did a lots of test with different ophthalmologist
My ocular presure changes up and down. Yes stress but allergy season my pressures seem higher. With Glocoma and cataracts I use 3 different eye drops a day. My dr wants to care for the cataracts. But I seem to see fine for now. Eye presure is 14 last time. My mother's ocular presure went down to no problem when my dad died. (99yr old).I now have a dementia, heart problem, kidneys, husband for the last 12 years. Very stressful life. I enjoy listening to your program.
Last time half of my right eye started to blur out like static on the corner and couldn’t see anything after a couple minutes all my eye was like a static tv screen. It lasted about 20 minutes. Horrible feeling
Can't believe this video timing. Thank you Doctor. I'm actually trying right now to find a real good Optomologist to find out why I had sudden blurry vision and now am better. I switched to "Ivizia" eye drops too,
for my dry eyes, like one of your videos suggested.
Much improvement there too. That ended my blurry eyes.
But the most important thing you said, Doctor, was about how stress can affect the vision. I
look back, and it was chronic. I'm better now, but since I can't see you,
I still want to go see if eyes are disease free.
I'm sure glad I subscribe to your videos!
Hi Jani
do you see blurry vision especially from some distance ?
I have Chronic CSR. 10 months in.. I don't drink alcohol or caffeine anymore, I sleep well, I'm not stressed, no steroids and it just won't clear up. It's a truly horrifying disease. Next time you feel stressed think.. what's the point?!
I've just been diagnosed with CSR after 4 years of anti-vegf eye injections (they thought I had wet AMD at first) They now cannot treat me at all. Thing is the injections stopped the metamorphopsia every time it occurred. Now I have to deal with it every waking moment. Faces are distorted and the edges of things wobble about and shift all the time. All straight lines are wiggly. All curves are flattened, depth and colour perception is off and I can't see in low light. I can't recognise some people, and reading is difficult, but they don't count it as a visual impairment! I don't know anyone else with CSR.
When I'm over stressed I can actually lose my eyesight no longer than 5 to 15 minutes. Sometimes it's one eye sometimes it's half and eye ...I've been to a specialist and they told me it was because of stress....sometimes it can be scary
This explains why I ended up with glasses. I’ve been stressed constantly for two years due to life issues and eventually my eyes just got so blurry to a extent I had to go to the opticians and funny enough I needed glasses 👓. Although really it isn’t funny. And I was in so much distress in the opticians just from my eye sight not functioning and believe me I tried fixing it but nothing worked.
Exactly, stress and anxiety is our daily culprit on vision loss and your tips on HOW TO manage stress and anxiety is very important & helpful! You are great and knowledgeable resourceful and friendly EYE Health 👁️ 👀 doctor 24/7. Thank you 👍👏🤓
So glad I subscribed to your channel a few years ago! Love that you are honest and offer the best advice available. Thank you so very much!!!
AW THIS COMMENT MADE ME SO HAPPY!!! Thanks so much!
Thank You I do see a Psychologist I just need to get rid of eye pain it drives me insane
Anxiety is a disaster had so many symptoms and panic attacks
I appreciate your information I had no idea that stress was harmful. this video was helpful, thank you so
I will often lie on my bed or floor and relax for about 10-15 minutes. I perform a body scan to determine where I feel tightness. Interestingly, even when my eyes are closed, I notice my eyes feel like I’m squinting. I then relax my eyes. I notice this feeling throughout the day. I don’t need glasses (just had an exam) so I think it’s due to stress. Thanks for all you do.
Wow this is great to hear! I do the same body scan technique when I do meditation (Sometimes I sit but I like to lie down). Relaxing the face is tough.
This was a great video and I think your personal stories add so much to enhance the content.
Thankyou exercise will help. I once lost my vision while speaking to a man and I had to check the book for his appointment but I couldn't see so I had to walk away from this situation and then returned so I could see the book more clearly. Embracing
Please keep making more videos, i loved this one specially, it was a little more personal. Thank you for sharing, i know a lot of us can identify.
Wow thank you so much, Rosario. This means a lot to hear!
Your videos have been so helpful for me and my eye problems!
I'm so glad!
Thank you. Your tips at the end are bang on. Especially giving yourself permission to take time off.
I am jobless from the last many years and I remained very stressed.last year one day I felt that my vision is blurry and that time I was very stressed due to some reason then I visited a doctor and he recommended me +1.25 for far distance and + 3 for near . Before this I was only using+1.5 only for near. Can my vision recover able for distance number or not. My age is 48 now
This is so informative and helpful, thank you.
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it
Great video 💯,,,I'm a type 1 diabetic and had floaters all my life but have eye checks and always fine ,,,been really stressed and anxiety all my life also ,,,this has helped watching this ,thank you 🙏
You're a great educator!
I work in ophthalmology and anytime I need to learn about something, I look you up 😊
Or anytime patients/staff are looking for educational resources, I give them this channel.
Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
Yes he is. I'm also an Optician and a fellow RUclipsr as well, 😊 looking forward to becoming an Optometrist one day, and I have been learning a lot from him. Thank you Dr. Allen.
Thank you for this video. I had surgery for glaucoma but no one told me it could be due to stress. Thanks again!
I would love to see you make a video about seizures and blurred vision
I had one while sleeping and right after my vision changed..> so now is 20/20 20/50-2 today. Do I have any hope's. I'm in my 40s. Yes stress it's a real road to failure on your life..Thanks alot Dr...👁
Thank you for sharing and really enjoying this channel!
Yep, thanks for your tips, it is really that thing that I need to give myself a green light to have rest mentally. I think this applies to much of people as well. And shower, exactly same thing ;) Thanks again!
Really appreciate this acknowledgment from a doctor.
That means a lot. Thank you.
I definitely get the eye twitch once in awhile! The other day, I kept seeing a rainbow light out of the corner of my eye! I just recently had my eye's checked, too!
Did you see rainbow lights from street lights too ? In night time
@@anivikapandey6694 I do! It's very bothersome. I also see them right when I wake up from any source of light. I have to blink multiple times for it to clear just enough to see. This sucks. I want it to just go away and stop.
I've had multiple cases of CSR, one under the macular has re-occurred several times, basically rendering that eye useless for reading. No cure, and the anxiety of getting another CSR builds to create a new CSR, it feeds of itself.
Thank you for being such a caring and decent person. But also for your excellent, informative videos - I've learnt so much. And your presentation style is so easy and approachable. Thanks for what you do and the help you provide.
I currently have cscr. I’m not particularly a A type personality, but I have had an enormous amount of stress in my life in the past couple years. I can say it isn’t fun: There is a general dimming in the central part of my vision where I can’t see details in dimmed rooms. There is also some distortion and what appears as a circular puddle in my vision.
Going back to the ophthalmologist in a month to see if I’ll be needing laser treatment. Wish me luck.
Good luck! Ask about the pharmacological approach with Bromfenac drops and Eplerenone.
Hi I have the same thing. My left eye since Oct 2021 my right since May 2022. My experience from this is dimming like I'm wearing sunglasses like you, straight lines also appear warped and squiggly and vision in general is blurry. Hope your experience isn't long and drawn out like mine and the retinal specialist chooses to treat you or it resolves on its own quickly. Best of luck on your journey!
@@majestueux yea, it sounds like we have similar symptoms. I’ve noticed my right eye acting up a bit lately, so I’m trying my best to keep the stress down as much as possible. It’s very tough!
I hope you can get it resolved quickly! Best of luck!
@@OEMichael thanks, will look into it!
Typically, CSR is watched for the first 3 months as it often resolves on its own. As Michael P mentioned, there are some publications suggesting high blood pressure medications, some topical nsaid medications and even oral melatonin can help. But ultimately if chronic, then retinal laser can be used. Either way, best to keep your upcoming appointment. Thinking of you and wish you the best.
The day I am stressed my eyesight really changes.
I would not be surprised!
The stress glaucoma connection is very interesting. I haven't been successful with meditation just yet.
Oh yeah? Have you tried several?
Thanks a lot doctor. I really didn't know that stress can have effect on eye sight. And this is the first time I discovered that I have Type A personality.
I am stressed out all the time for my academic reason. And recently I started to feel that my vision is that perfect though i have checked couple of months ago.
This was really interesting! I have CSR and it lead to me getting tested for autoimmune conditions. Turns out I have Lupus and a few weeks after starting treatment my eyesight cleared up in my affected eye.
What symptoms did you have with the CSR? I am having a hard time describing my symptoms. It looks like a migraine aura at times, my eye sees waves looking at patterns. Looking for answers. Thanks for sharing.
I have visual snow syndrome, and it always gets worse with stress.
Doctor after i experienced a shock 2 years ago i was almost blind.tunnel vision ,couldnt understand depth,light intolerance.i was so frightened.after 22 eye doctors telling me i was fine.i spend 2 years seeing like that.almost loose my soul.how can i feel better?how can i do all these frighten symptoms go away?
So be happy in life's every moments no matter how worse the situations are😊😊
That is a great thought!
@@DoctorEyeHealth thank you😊😊😊
You are the best eye doctor 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏thank you so much
Dealing with the loss of my son and 8 years of him in and out of rehab has taken a toll on my eyesight. I hate it. Stress, i have glaucoma and take 3 eye drops daily and eye floaters.
Another great informative vid ! Thank you Dr Eye Health !
Thank you so much for sharing your story. It has given me much hope and confirmation. I hope you continue to get well. 😊